Family Cicadidae

This page contains pictures and information about Bronze Bark-buzzer Cicadas that we found in
the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Body length 20mm, male

We found this cicada specie does not afraid of human. Different of them
had land on our body a few times. This one even land on my hand and let me
have the close inspection. The cicada is bronze-brown in colours.

Photos were taken in Karawatha Forest near the She-oak Area on Dec 2007.
The cicada usually rest high up on the upper part of the tree trunk.

This small cicada can be found on stem and large tree trunk.

Female

Female look similar to male with yellow bands. Abdomen segment 9 with
black bar on either side .

Pictures above show the female laying eggs. Notice her ovipositor
and the cut marks on stem.

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Last updated: May 21, 2012.